Github user budde commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16944#discussion_r101562475
  
    --- Diff: 
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala ---
    @@ -296,6 +296,17 @@ object SQLConf {
           .longConf
           .createWithDefault(250 * 1024 * 1024)
     
    +  val HIVE_SCHEMA_INFERENCE_MODE = 
buildConf("spark.sql.hive.schemaInferenceMode")
    +    .doc("Configures the action to take when a case-sensitive schema 
cannot be read from a Hive " +
    +      "table's properties. Valid options include INFER_AND_SAVE (infer the 
case-sensitive " +
    +      "schema from the underlying data files and write it back to the 
table properties), " +
    +      "INFER_ONLY (infer the schema but don't attempt to write it to the 
table properties) and " +
    +      "NEVER_INFER (fallback to using the case-insensitive metastore 
schema instead of inferring).")
    +    .stringConf
    +    .transform(_.toUpperCase())
    +    .checkValues(Set("INFER_AND_SAVE", "INFER_ONLY", "NEVER_INFER"))
    +    .createWithDefault("INFER_AND_SAVE")
    --- End diff --
    
    I'll update the code to catch and log any nonfatal exception when 
performing the ```alterTable()``` to save the table schema when 
```INFER_AND_SAVE``` is enabled.


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